News & Views of Phillips Since 1976
Sunday December 21st 2025
Little Earth News
The Strong Mind Strong Body Foundation’s Youth Community Journalism Institute led an intergenerational community journalism project at the Harvest Moon Block Party at Cedar Field Park on September 21. These excerpts are from the resulting Little Earth News, a handwritten newspaper created by community members to celebrate victories, voices, and solutions from within the community. Learn more about Little Earth News and the Youth Journalism Institute at http://www.strongmindstrongbody.org/a-brighter-future-for-communities-everywhere.
I made a [dog] treat box for my 8th birthday. My granpa came and surprised me. He had all the tools. We started to bild. And we were done by the end of the day. The next day we painted. The treat box was going to be pink and blue. It had a water bowl and a place to put the treat and many dogs came to it every day.
Sports/Clubs
If you don’t do a sport or club. I would suggest joining one. It gives you a community outside of school. It can help you make friends and build relationships. It is also a fun, valuable experience that I would recommend to anyone.
Listen to the community members directly living in the community always. They are not an option!
We need love.
Trash Incinerator Likely Connected to Community’s Increased Asthma Rates
By KATHERINE MANDT
Minneapolis houses one of seven trash incinerators in Minnesota. The Hennepin Energy Recovery Center (HERC) incinerator is located on the edge of Downtown Minneapolis, close to North Minneapolis and the densely populated Phillips Community and other Minneapolis Communities.
Residents of these Communities have seen and lived the impacts of the HERC. They want to see the HERC shut down.
“I have a stake in getting this shutdown. I have two little kids growing up. I love to ride my bike. I have friends who come here to ride their bikes. They’re breathing in all this smut. It’s gotta go’” said Marco Fields, a Northside resident, in an article published in the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder.
A trash incinerator burns hazardous materials in a combustion chamber at high temperatures to destroy contaminants. Solid waste can take between 30 to 90 minutes, while liquid and gaseous waste can be done in 2 seconds. They emit particulate matter, lead, mercury, dioxins and furans, and other gasses.
The National Park Service states being exposed to particulate matter can have long and short term effects.
“Long-term exposures . . . have been associated with problems such as reduced lung function, development of chronic bronchitis, and even premature death.”… Read the rest “Trash Incinerator Likely Connected to Community’s Increased Asthma Rates”
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